Blas de Lezo - F103

 

 

Name	Blas de Lezo
Namesake	Blas de Lezo
Ordered	31 January 1997
Builder	Izar
Cost	600 million €
Launched	16 May 2003
Commissioned	16 December 2004
Homeport	Ferrol
Identification	Pennant number: F-103 EBDB
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate
Displacement	5,800–6,391 tonnes[1]
Length	146.7 m (481 ft)[2]
Beam	18.6 m (61 ft)
Draft	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
Propulsion	CODOG 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 2 × Navantia Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)[2]
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[2]
Complement	250 (48 officers)[2]
Sensors and processing systems	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D 3-D multifunction radar Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar Raytheon DE1160 LF active and passive sonar 2 × ARIES navigation/surface radar 2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator
Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures Indra SLQ-380 EW suite Indra Mk 9500 interceptor
Armament	1 × 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun Provision for one CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka system. 1 × 48 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 32 × Standard SM-2MR Block IIIA 64 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile 8 × McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 double Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
Aircraft carried	1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk